IS THE BILL DOOMED?
HOUSE OF LORDS' ATTITUDE. mr. ASQurrn embarrassed. London, March 21. ' The "Daily News" (Liberal) states that Mr. Balfour's move radically changes the situation; it takes the decision out of the Government's, the conlowners, and the miners' hands. The Opposition controls the House of lords, and the Bill may die. The "Daily Mail" (fnionist) says t lie Miw>r=' Federation has wrecked the Hill. TV Government exists defeat,. Mill, not. improbably, is willitiK t« '■■ S «'H« »'•« <'""'" mous difficulties its blunders and weakncss have produced.
Tho Premier's position is embarrassed by his declaration when introducing tho Coal Mines Will that it would bo neither right, fair, nor common-sense to embody in (he Bill a schedulo of wages. Tho leaders of tho Miners' Federation claim that they have the power to turn out sixty-six Kadical members of Parliament, including seven Cabinet Ministers.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1396, 23 March 1912, Page 5
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142IS THE BILL DOOMED? Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1396, 23 March 1912, Page 5
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